18.01.2013
- Ukraine is expected to sign a landmark shale gas deal with energy major Royal Dutch Shell next week while a second deal in the west of the country faces local opposition, Prime...
30.12.2012
- The past four years of U.S. environmental regulation was marked by a crackdown on emissions that angered coal miners and power companies. Over the next four, the new head of the...
14.12.2012
- IChemE is backing a UK government decision to lift an embargo on hydraulic fracturing (better known as fracking) after creating new regulations that it says will reduce the chance...
13.12.2012
- Britain lifted its ban on shale gas exploration on Thursday as it aims to become a European leader in a sector that has transformed the U.S. energy market and counter a fall in the...
05.12.2012
- France may have banned the controversial hydro-fracking extraction technology, but the shale gas revolution in the United States is proving a boon for small, specialised French...
04.12.2012
- Non-oil companies may have won most of the blocks offered in China's second shale gas auction, media and industry officials say, which may mean lucrative opportunities for service...
21.11.2012
- EU politicians rejected a ban on shale gas, while calling for a robust regulatory regime to address environmental and other concerns, in a series of votes on Wednesday in the...
21.11.2012
- Feedstocks - The rest of the world will have difficulties replicating the shale gas boom in the U.S. despite having plentiful reserves of the gas. Furthermore, there could be long...